First, please make sure that you have the latest version of WebCam Monitor. With version 3.5 and above, you can view E-mail log that can help you diagnose the problem.

Gmail accounts work with WebCam Monitor even when you do not configure the SMTP server. When you do not configure SMTP, WebCam Monitor will use your DNS settings to find out the mail server's address. Then it will use this address to send out e-mail. These two steps takes relatively more time than when you specify the SMTP server.

After sending a test e-mail, view the SMTP log and find a list of resolved SMTP servers. Configure the SMTP server with one of the server addresses listed in the log to speed up sending e-mails.

WebCam Monitor does not receive e-mails by connecting to mail servers. It simply sends e-mail through a mail server. If the mail server is specified then that server is used directly. Otherwise, a mail server is resolved from the domain name (gmail.com).

Simply use any one of the 5 mail servers resolved by WebCam Monitor. The E-mail Notification alert will then pick up the mail server directly and use it to send e-mails.